National Crime Surveys : Cities Attitude Sub-Sample, 1972-1975 / United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 7663.

ICPSR ; 7663

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offenses against the person--United States.

Offenses against the person.

Offenses against property--United States.

Offenses against property.

Victims of crimes surveys--United States.

Victims of crimes surveys.

United States.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Second ICPSR edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This subsample of the national crime surveys consists of data on personal and household victimization for persons aged 12 and older in 26 major United States cities in the period 1972-1975. The National Crime Surveys were designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to meet three primary objectives: (1) to develop detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime, (2) to estimate the numbers and types of crimes not reported to police, and (3) to provide uniform measures of selected types of crimes in order to permit reliable comparisons over time and between areas. The surveys provide measures of victimization on the basis of six crimes (including attempts): rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. The total National Crime Survey employed two distinct samples: a National Sample, and a Cities Sample. The cities sample consists of information about victimization in 26 major United States cities. The data collection was conducted by the United States Census Bureau, initial processing of the data and documentation was performed by the Data Use and Access Laboratories (DUALabs), and subsequent processing was performed by the ICPSR under grants from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This Cities Attitude Sub-Sample study also includes information on personal attitudes and perceptions of crime and the police, the fear of crime, and the effect of this fear on behavioral patterns such as choice of shopping areas and places of entertainment. Data are provided on reasons for respondents' choice of neighborhood, and feelings about neighborhood, crime, personal safety, and the local police. Also specified are date, type, place, and nature of the incidents, injuries suffered, hospital treatment and medical expenses incurred, offender's personal profile, relationship of offender to victim, property stolen and va... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07663

Contents:

Part 1: 1: 1972 Cities, Person Level Subset; Part 2: 2: 1973 Cities, Person Level Subset; Part 3: 3: 1974 Eastern Cities, Person Level Subset; Part 4: 4: 1974 South and Western Cities, Person Level Subset; Part 5: 5: 1975 Eight "Impact" Cities, Person Level Subset; Part 6: 6: 1975 Five Largest Cities, Person Level Subset; Part 7: Codebook for All Parts

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1972; and end: 1975.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.